Door opening and closing mechanism



WHA. AND 0. H. OLEEN. D003 OPENING ANDICLOSING MECHANISM APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22. 1919.

1 ,333,567 Patented Mar- 9,1920,

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W. A. AND' 0. H. OLEEN. DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING MECHANISM.

APPLKCATION FILED SEPT. 22.1919.

Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING MECHANISM. APPLECATION FILED SEPT.2Z,191.9

1,333,567. Patented M3r. 9,1920.

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DOOR-OPENING AND CLOSING MECHANISM.

- APPLIFIATION mu) SEPT.22.I919. 1,333,567," Patented Marl), 1920.

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WILLIAM A. OLEEN AND OLOF H. OLEEN, OF COLUMBIA DBEGON.

I DOOR OPENING AND CLQSTN G MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I .AppIication filed Septembiar 22. 1919: Serial NB. 325,503.

- States, residing at Columbia 'City, in the over that county of Columbia and "State of Oregon,

have invented new and alseful Improvements in Door Opening and Closing Mechanism, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relatesto improvements in door opening and closing mechanism and the principal object of the invention is to provide means for opening-the door and holding open until the vehicle passes through the same when the door is shut.

The present invention is an improvement ranted to us on June 18, .1918, No. 1-,270,0 2. The present invention has for its objects the simplification of the arrangement of parts shown inthe said patent, the provision of means for holding the door open without the use of a bolt and means for preventing the door from closing too soon when the ve- 'hicle is passing from the building.

Still another-object of the invention is to provide adjustable means connecting the .two doors together so that one door will move in unison with the other door.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several .parts, to be hereinafter fully described,

illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims. I

In describing-our invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote,

like or'corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective 'view of the inventiolnjshowing the same connected with a pair of horizontally swinging doors.

Fig, 2 isa-plan "viewwith the doors in a closed position.

Fig. 3 is a like View with the doors in open position. I

Fig.4 is a'det'ail view showing the means for locking the doors in closed position.

Figs. 5' and 6 are detail views of the mechanism outside of the garage.-

Fig.7 is a detail view of the means for I connecting the doors to ,ether.

In these views, Axin icates the walls of the garage, and B and B indicate the (1061's Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

It willbe seen bythisarrangement that the two doors will move in unison. Thef doors are held in closed positionbymeans of the bolt 5 carried at the lower end of onei door and held in engagement with the keeper 6, located in the floor, by the spring T. A handle 8 passes through said door and its inner end-is connected with the bolt by the connectiongQ By turning-the handler sald connection wrll be caused to raise the bolt out of its kce'perso that the doors may be opened.

in front of the garage at a suitable distance A wheel ope-rated n-lember 10 is located theret'rom and a. similar men rber 11 is 10- cated within "the garage. These members" i 1'80"" of the door opening. The operating rod 12 are in ali-nemen't :a nd are located to one side connects these two 'n'ieimbers together and said rod has an operating link l ateaclrend thereof for-engaging the 'rol lers liconnected with said members. The members and op eratlng members are similar to the like elements described in the before mentioned patent and these parts will not be described in detail. inner member '11 in upright position as de- A spring l5-normally holds the scribed in said patent. ithiii the building adjacent the door opening is pivotally mounted a lever 16 which is intermediate its ends, connected with the operating bar 12. We prefer, however, to form this operating bar of two parts with its inner ends pivoted carries an oye'bolt 17 through which passes to said lever. 1 Theouterendof the lever 16 a rod 18'. Golla'rs 19 are securedtosaidr'od by thunibl-screws or the like,-- on each side of said lever and springs '20" are placed .on' said rod between v the 'eyebolt and the collars.

This rod 18 islpivotally securedito a-rock-ing lever 21 which is pivoted to pa bra'oket 22 secured {to :theinner face of the door B. This 'brackethas a pair ofiears 23, which limit the rocking movement of the. lever'2'1.

Thebracke't also is provided with an arm 24 which is provided with an outwardly curved part sojthat the'end of thearm is s aced from the wall of the building when t e door is in closed position. The curved part of the arm is slotted so as to freelyreceive a rod 25 which is pivoted to the end of the lever 21 and carries a spring 26. This spring presses against the arm and a .5 collar 27 on the rod andtends to hold the lever against the outer ear 23.

. end ofi'ever 21 is connected with the bolt by the connection 28 in such a' manner that when lever 16 is moved against the inner ear said connection will be caused to lift the boltwout of its keeper to permit the doors to be opened.

It will thus be seen that when the wheel operating members are moved to shift the operating rod 12 outwardly, the lever 21 will also. be'moved to cause its springs to move the rod 18 toward the door. The first part of this movement will depress lever 21' to cause the connection 28 to raise the bolt and the rest of the movement w ll swing the doors open.

As thedoors reach the limit of theirmove Y without moving the doors as in this movement the. lever 21 "will swing inwardly against the tension of the spring. Further movement .of' the rod 18 will swing the doors closed and they will be locked in this closed position by the-catch 5 engaging its kee )er. i

The springs 20 act as shock absorbers and prevent damage .to the parts and to the doors. v

The link 13 .at theouter end of the operating bar, is of greater length than the link at the inner end thereof and this outer link, at its upper edge carries a pair of projections 31 which are located adjacent the ends of the link. The wheel 14 of the outer member 10 carries a loop member 32 which embraces the upper part of the link and is adapted to strike the projections 31 so that its position on the linkwill be changed. A notch 33 is formed in the upper part of the link and is adapted to be-eng'a'ged by said 10066 member in one position thereof.

' hen a car is to enter the garage the front wheel striking the outer member 10 will tilt the same and as the wheel leis in the outer end of the link 13 this tilting movement will move the operating bar out wardly to cause the lever 16 and its attached arts to unbolt and swing open the doors. he doors are held in open position by the latch 29-engaging the keeper 30 as before 66 described. The member 10 will assume its The free .thus striking the automobile. portant where a sidewalkruns in front of 130 upright position as soon as the front wheel passes over. the same, due to the weight of member 11, said member will tilt so that its wheel engaging the link will cause said operating bar to assume its original position and thus move the doors to the closed position and release the bolt to permit the same to engage its keeper. Thespring 15 will return the member 11 tooperative position after the front wheel. passes the same. lVhen it is desired to use the car again the car is moved backwardly toward the doors so that front wheel'will pass over the member 11f and tilt it in a direction toward the doors. This will move'fthe operating! bar so as to cause the lever 10 audits at ,tached parts to unlock the doors and swing them to open position. As the car is backed through the doors, the rear wheel will pass over the outer member 10 but due to the length of the outer link the wheel 14 of said wheel member will lie about midway of the a right position and in this movement the loop member 32 will be brought into engagement with the notch 33, and as the front wheel tilts the member 10 saidloop member will move toward the door and due to .its engagement with the notch in the link will move the operating bar inwardly and thus close the doors.

It will be seen that the links 13 at the ends of the operating bar are of special importance as by means of these links the operating members 10 and 11 can, after opening or closing the door; return to the upright position without moving the operating bar;

vAlso these links permit the door to be 1 opened enclosed by hand without interfering with the operation of the device. These links alsoflmake it possible for the front or rearwheels to pass over the operating members after the passage of the other wheel I without again operating the mechanism. By means of the loop member 32 there is no danger of the doors closing too soon and This is im- I v V the foregoin des'c-ription that the advantages, and nove featuresa garage and it is necessary to place the wheel operating member in the spa'cebetween the walk and the street, This will place the operating member so' near the entirely out-of the garage. a By the new ar rangement of parts, however, the rear wheel will; ass over; the operating member with- .outc osingthe doorsiand 'said'doors will 'not' be closed until the front wheelvpa'sses It is thought from of our invention'will be readily a parent.

We desire it tobe understoo in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope {of the appe nded' claims. I

What we c aim is zl. A door opening and closing mechanism comprising a pair of wheel operated mem-- bers located one on each side of the door,

an operating rod connected with said members, a'-rec1procat ing rod yieldingly connected with the operating rod so as to be moved thereby, a lock for the door, means connected with said reciprocating'rod for actuating the'lock and move the door, and means on said reciprocating rod for holding the'door in open position:

2. A door opening and closing mechanism comprising a pair-of wheel operated members, an operating rod connecting the two members together, 1

{means connected with said rod for openin at and closing the door and means associate clh eqlhejrloor. 3. A door opening and closing 'ecnanism that we may makechanges in the construction and 1 members together, a rocking-lever actuated with the outer wheel operated member forgemnitting thg firs' to actua e sai ated 'member, an operating rod connecting said members together, a rocking lever connected with said rod, a reciprocating .rod slidably connected with said lever, spring means for yiel'dingly connecting said recipcomprising an inner and outer Wheel oper- V rocatingrod to the lever,'a.bracket connected with the doortalever pivoted to said bracket, a lever. ivoted to the-bracket and connected: with t e reciprocating rod, ears on the bracket 1 for, limiting the movement of' s'aid member, spring means for holding I and said lever.

the .leverin its inner position, a bolt for the door havlng 'a'connection [between'said bolt 64) 4,; door opening and: closing mechanism a comprising inner and outer wheel operated members, an operating rod connectlng the by said rod,. a reciprocating rod yieldingly connected with said rod, means connecting said reciprocating rod with the door, an

arm carried by the door, a latch on said arm and'a keeper'on the reciprocating bar .for engaging said latch to holdthe door in open position. v

5. A door opehing and closing'mechanism comprising a pair of wheel operated 'members, rollers carried thereby, a dependingpart on the outer member for thevroller, "an operating bar having links at 1ts ends recervlng said rollers, door operating means actuated bysaid rod, projections on the upper edge of the outer link and a notch in said upper edge adjacent the outer'end of the link and a loop men'lber connected with v the wheel and adapted to engage with said projections so. as to be changed froin'one position to the other and to engage the notch for moving the operating rod in wardly in one position of the parts- In testimony whereof we affix 'our signatures. g I

WILLIAM A. OLEEN; OLOF H. OQEEN; 

